Rules to hang on the wall.

[wacki]

I'm thinking of hanging some rules on the wall. So far I have 10 key rules. This could prevent alot of trouble at home games...

When in Rome do as Romans do.(aka My home my rules, thanks Ten)

Acting out of turn does not count.

Show one show all, cards and people.

Showing your cards when someone else is yet to act is a fold.

If you are not in the hand, do not talk about the hand.

The player to the right of the dealer always has the option of cutting.

Burn and turn at the same time, and only at the same time.

If the dealer burns and turns too early, the premature cards are reinserted into the deck, reshuffled, and cut by the player on the right. The burnt card remains on the table.

It is the players responsibility to call out violations of the rules.

A clock can be requested by any player in the hand, the clocked player then has 30 seconds to act or automatically folds. (solves problems with cellphones and drunks)

What do you think? Am I missing anything?

[grandgnu]

How about:

* No splashing the pot

* No string bets

* Player to the right of the dealer MUST cut the deck (use a cut card)

* The deck MUST remain on the table while the cards are dealt (i.e. the dealer cannot hold the deck in their hand, I've seen a bottom deal even with the use of a cut card)

* Management (i.e. you) has the final say on any rulings, which may not always agree with what is in these rules but will be in the best interest of the game and fairness

* Cards speak for themselves

* You must show all of your cards to be eligible to win any portion of the pot (i.e. just a verbal declaration of your holding is not sufficient)

* Your actions are binding. If you fold/muck when you could have checked for free, too friggin bad! If you say "raise" then you MUST raise (at least 2x the previous bet or min bet) If you say "call" you can not then say "raise".

* Placing a higher denomination chip into the pot without announcing a raise is only a call.

* All chips must be visible, do not mix chip colors with one another, they should be in separate stacks and clearly countable

* Cards on the table

Hope this helps!

[wacki]

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* You must show all of your cards to be eligible to win any portion of the pot (i.e. just a verbal declaration of your holding is not sufficient)


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What about if they call board? This does not apply at foxwoods if you are calling board. Do you think they should still show?

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Hope this helps!

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Yes it does.

[uw_madtown]

Rules regarding tables stakes should be in there too. That the only money available to be bet in a hand is what was on the table at the beginning of the hand -- no digging into your pocket to raise more than you have on the table. An all-in occurs when a player has committed all his table stakes (chips or cash, whatever you allow on the table) -- sidepots are allowed. No taking money OFF the table unless you're cashing out for the night -- if you're ahead $200, you can't yank $150 off the table and pocket it while continuing to play.

All standard casino rules falling under "table stakes" criteria.

[grandgnu]

Never thought of that one nor had it come up. But I guess in that situation they don't have to showdown their hole cards.

[Arsene Lupin III]

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How about:
* No splashing the pot

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Place bets neatly between the area in front of your cards and the pot.

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* The deck MUST remain on the table while the cards are dealt (i.e. the dealer cannot hold the deck in their hand, I've seen a bottom deal even with the use of a cut card)

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I think this one's optional. I deal a lot faster with the deck up and our game doesn't really have any issues with mechanics.

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* All chips must be visible, do not mix chip colors with one another, they should be in separate stacks and clearly countable


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It's impossible to make all chips visible to all players, but the higher denominations MUST be visible at the front of one's stack.

[TomCollins]

Forcing showing both cards when there is no showdown is lame.

[Arsene Lupin III]

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Acting out of turn does not count.

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This rule depends on what the action was and whether or not it was based on incorrect information.

Also, the clock rule should be extended to 1 minute for certain cucumstances [larger pots], if not all pots.

[wacki]

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Forcing showing both cards when there is no showdown is lame.

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I don't have a rule like that... If you are refering to "show one show all", you are misunderstanding it. They use that phrase on the WSOP btw. I just added the "cards and people".

In the WSOP are you allowed to show one and only one card in a no showdown?

[smoore]

yeah, if there's no showdown you can turn over one card to taunt your opponent. I love to show the low pair of my two pair hands when they fold. If you're part of a showdown you have to turn over both of them, you can't just turn over the one spade on a four spade board, for instance.

about the deck; I can't deal very well with the deck on the table, we usually just have people leave it on the table once the flop is out. edit: if you have a problem with people trying to second or bottom deal go to target and get a one deck blackjack shoe or two (two if you use two decks so that the deal can be ready while the old deck is shuffled).

about table stakes; we play a $50 buy in game when we play NLHE and my rule is that if you get over $100 you're allowed to cash down to $75 *if you like*. This tends to keep pots more sane towards the end of the night. FWIW, most winners elect to keep it all on the table. I think one person has done this in the few months I've used it so I may nix that rule.

For awhile I had a problem of people saying "all in!" and leaning forward on the table covering up the cash they have tucked into the rail. Now in my NL games cash doesn't play, chip it up.